Uncle Mike s 80-Year Collection Going , Going ! — Far from Gone - _Slackwatec , Pa — Michael -Bonder , when he died in Februaiy 1955 at 79 , peihaps knew his lifetime collection of odds and _ndBftdsv and antiques might throw _eny auctioneer into a spin _bni Today , perhaps it has From the - 12-room double house , from two huge basement rooms , is flowing an endless assoitment of items . When Parke Shaub , the auctioneer , wrote the sale bill , he was modest Pa : ke listed 25 guns So far , 165 have been found and sold . How many more remain in _TTooms stacked to the ceilings No one s willing to guess . Already threepubhc sales have made only _-t ent in the mountains of what Tdrke can call but lots and lots not mentioned fWall to Wall — Floor to Ceiling : Mike , according to his nephew , fDavid C Lefever , executor of the _Estate , once ms . de the statemnt Jl hop you have as much fun _^ disposing of this as I did collecting it By the time he passed _ijaway , his collections reached |...

USDA Offices Combine ; New Weather Man Bernard N . White , 51 , meteorologist who has served with weather stations atNew Orleans and Milwakee _, has moved to second floor offices at 144-150 North Duke St , ( Lancaster . Here he has set up the new agricultural weather station . Soon a moderate amount of equipment will be moved in , enabling Mi . White to record local weather and to interpret Harrisburg and Washington weather repoits as they apply to the Lancaster County farm situation . He will make no original forecasts , tout will issue special storm warnings for the local area , and will maintain weather records . Two offices of the United States Department of Agriculture in Lancaster are now combined at Union _Stock Yards today as a result of establishment of-the U . S . weather station to serve Lancaster County agriculture . Frank-G . Fitzroy , supervisor of the Lancaster district office of the Packers and Stockyards Branch , _, USDA , has moved into a new of . fice at the Yards...

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Hell Go Down Fighting Circuit Judge Leon M . fiazile , post Office Department has ft of , Hanover _Cburthouse , Va ., new point in its favor . It s _; going says that 30 lashes on the back to make test installations of baumijsht have more effect than a point pens in 20 post offices , _u Jail term as a deterrent to crime , they prove economical , tne Judge Bazile is quoted as saying much-disliked scratchy counter that criminals no longer fear pen w » U become extinct . Jail ** _ _r New American record for the The 56 th international Eucha- - outdoor mile of 4 * 0 . 5 wasisetretistic Congnjss is scheduled to b _« cently by University of Kansas held in July of this year at Rio Wes Santee , during the Texas le Janeiro . Brazil . , Relays at AHsgn , Tex . Care Needed to Wash Synthetics II pays to be careful when washing clothes ot manmade fibers , reports Miss Kimble Many of these manmade libers do not asorb moisture so much as natural fibers so stains and soil are usually on the surface...

Pennsylvania Not Running Short Of Groundwater ; It s Renewable Pennsylvania , along with everj other state in the nation , is tak ing a second , intensive look at its groundwater supplies . Drought h _? . s been blamed for changes in water tables in many districts . Irrigation has placed new demands on available supplies , and water rights questions are arising . David W . Greenman , recently named district geologist in charge of the United States Geological Survey Cooperative , replaced Paul B . Jones Mr Jones , alter three years in charge of the State program , accepted a position in India as an advisor to the Government there in a two-fold task . How Much Water ? Some notes on the appointment and the groundwater supply are reproduced from a recent issue of Internal Affairs , monthly bulletin of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . We have been discussing ways in which water occurs in the earth , and ways to get it out for use . The question then arises , water supply being depleted...

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$ 43 Top Scored in Feeder Calf Sale At Lancaster Sold ! for $ 43 per hundred ! Abe Diffenbach _ s hammer rang down on the auctioneer s diock at the Lancaster Stock Yards Saturday afternoon to set a new high mark , to close the fust sale ot the day m- the first annual allPennsylvania _Boeder Call bale Five hundred people crowded the stands when the feeders were brought in , individuals tirst , men gioups When the final results were toted up , 379 head totaled $ 38 , 595 37 , weighing a giana total of 168 , 965 lbs , ranging trom _*&amp;lt;«&amp;gt; to $ 43 , averaging $ 22 . 8 b cwt . - Produced in Pennsylvania Produced on Pennsylvania farms , the _consignmeni was rounded up by the Pennsylvania Livestock and Allied Association , Inc , and the Lancaster Live mock Exchange . Fancy calves that were on a par with those shown m the Chicago Feeder Calf Show went on the block , calves of championship calibre . Leon Leighton , Jr , Harnsburg , president oi _fLAlA , said more than 20 ...

Hogs _Slump to 13-Year Low In Chicago Hogs Wednesday slumped to the lowest point since March 1942 on the Chicago market , the United States Department of Agriculture reported , with a top of $ 13 . 50 . The market there was generally 25 to 50 cents lower on barrows and gilts , mostly around 25 lower on weignts under 220 lbs suitable for shipping orders Similar slumps were reported on other markets , _however Lancaster reported a $ 15 50 extieme the same day . Packers are reported buying heavily .. Chicago receipts were the largest for a Wednesday since Dec 1954 . Average price of butcher hogs hit a new low since 1944 and topped at $ 13 50 , lowest since March 1942 Good shopping demand prevailed Most mixed No 2 and 3 220-280 lbs barrows and gilts brought $ 12 75-13 00 Bulk mixed 180-220 lb _&amp;lt; $ 13 00 to $ 13 50 , mainly $ 13 25 to $ 13 50 on kinds suitable for shipment carrying No 1 and 2 end Around 300 head mixed 1 and 2 at $ 13 50 and 14-head lot $ 13 60 Most sows weighi...

Fog and Chill Mark Weather In Past Week Highlighting # us week s Lancaster County _^ weather was a chill and fog that settled down Monday night , bringing 03 of an inch of precipitation at Eptoata Higher temperatures fourned away the fog but the mercury offered indecision on topcoats or Shirtsleeves Numerous mishaps were reported on highways , and ( heavy frost greeted many an early riser the past few days . But wimter is due soon , and iifoe county can expect continued dower temperature ® . Bernard N . White , wihio is opening a new Weather Bueau office in Lancaster , advises Lancaster Farming that he expects to be m operation within the next two weeks , offering iboth reports of past weather and _forecasits for Lancaster and vicinity , five-day out-look , forecasts for Haims - burg and the lower Susquehanna Valley . Mr White will correlate reports from several of the observer stations throughout the county .

Long Weekends Few Next Year * 1 Long Weekends will be few and far between in 1956 , says Baer s Agricultural Almanac , now being distributed for its 131 st year from Lancaster , Pa . Memorial Day and July 1 , which this year fell on Monday , will arrive smack dab in the middle of the week , on Wednesday , in 1956 Labor _Dey , which is always on a Monday will fall on Sept . 3 , bringing summer s last big outdoor holiday earlier than usual . But there will be a tew _com-, pensations . Lincoln s birthday is on a Sunday , which will give a legal holiday on Monday to some lucky folks . And since Christmas and New Year s Day each are on Tuesday , some employers may see fit to allow a four-day vacation periods starting the preceding Saturdays .